# acampar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ camp +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.kəmˈpa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.kamˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: a‧cam‧par

### Verb

acampar (first-person singular present acampo, first-person singular preterite acampí, past participle acampat)
* (intransitive) to camp, camp out, go camping
* (transitive) to make camp
** 2020, Màrius Serra, Tirant lo Blanc:Tirant va fer acampar la gent a un extrem del pont, de manera que els enemics quedaven a l'altra banda del riu, per assegurar-se que no els sorprendrien de nit.Tirant made the people camp an one extreme of the bridge, in such a way that the enemy remained at the other side of the river, to ensure that they wouldn't surprise them at night.
* (pronominal) to save oneself
** 1920, Joaquim Ruyra, L'idil·li d'en Temme:Però sí que era cert que un pescador, amb una barca, podia acampar-se la vida, i d'altra manera no.But certainly a fisherman, with a boat, could save their life, otherwise not.

#### Derived terms

* acampada
* acampador
* acampament

### Further reading

* “acampar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “acampar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “acampar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “acampar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Occitan
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

acampar
* to gather; to collect
* to lead a herd to pasture
* to chase
* to assemble

#### Dialectal variants

* achampar

#### Derived terms

* acamp
* acampa
* acampada
* acampament

### References

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 11.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* campar (rare)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian accampare. By surface analysis, a- +‎ campo (“camp”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/ [a.kɐ̃ˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/ [a.kɐ̃ˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.kɐ̃ˈpa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.kɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/ [a.kɐ̃ˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.kɐ̃ˈpa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɐ̃ˈpaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɐ̃ˈpaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɐ̃ˈpa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧cam‧par

### Verb

acampar (first-person singular present acampo, first-person singular preterite acampei, past participle acampado)
* to camp (to go camping)
* to encamp
* (video games) to camp
    Synonym: camperar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### References

* ↑ “acampar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

### Further reading

* “acampar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian accampare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akamˈpaɾ/ [a.kãmˈpaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧cam‧par

### Verb

acampar (first-person singular present acampo, first-person singular preterite acampé, past participle acampado)
* (intransitive, reflexive) to camp; to go camping
    Synonym: ir de camping

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “acampar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10